Several southwest Michigan pastors, along with immigrant families and members of the public, take part in a pray-in Friday for immigration reform.

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Alan Gomez
USA TODAY

Labor and business officials have reached an agreement on a visa program to bring in up to 200,000 foreign workers a year to do janitorial, hospitality, retail and construction work, the AFL-CIO said Saturday.

The agreement would create a new "W-Visa" for the low-skilled workers and a new Bureau of Immigration and Labor Market Research to make recommendations on changes to the number of visas the country gives out each year.

The compromise between officials at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor union, clears one of the biggest hurdles facing ...